QT-Digital Mental Health Engagement Study

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Conditions studied: Engagement, Patient

In brief

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations are disproportionately impacted by mental health concerns relative to their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Despite high need, SGM populations continue to report unmet mental health needs because they cannot or do not access mental health services. Digital Mental Health (DMH) services have been recognized as feasible, economical, and effective options to broaden the availability of mental health care to consumers who face barriers to mental health help-seeking. SGM consumers cite a preference for DMH care and this delivery format holds promise to attend to major mental health care access barriers experienced by this consumer group. Yet, the availability of DMH services tailored to the needs of SGM consumers is limited, and a dearth of research examines SGM populations' actual engagement with DMH services. A potential solution to fully understand how SGM populations utilize DMH services would be to characterize their engagement within a natural setting. Leveraging an established partnership with Mental Health America (MHA), a non-profit mental health advocacy group offering free, evidence-based screenings and self-guided DMH resources, this study will follow a large, naturalistic sample of SGM DMH consumers with the aim to test tailored engagement strategies with SGM DMH consumers using a micro-randomized trial (MRT) design. Results of this study will inform if delivering engagement strategies can meaningfully increase initial and sustained engagement with MHA resources and which types of strategies, specifically, work best for which users.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07278765

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

2300

Starts

2026-03-12

Expected to finish

2027-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-08

Who can join

Age: 14 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Users of the Mental Health America (MHA) website engaging from Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in the United States
• Completed the PHQ-9 depression screener in English
• Answered MHA's standard demographic questions that identify users as age 14 and older
• Answered MHA's standard demographic questions that identify users as LGBTQ+.

You may not qualify if…

• IP addresses outside of the United States
• Do not answer MHA's standard demographic questions
• Answered MHA's standard demographic questions that identify users as age 13 and younger
• Answered MHA's standard demographic questions that identify users as not LGBTQ+.

Where it is running

• Mental Health America — Alexandria, Virginia, United States (enrolling)
• University of Washington — Seattle, Washington, United States (enrolling)

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